Xaraudilla; but they were dear. The bread was indifferent, and nothing was good and abundant but chestnuts, the staple food of the people. But in a very few days the castle larder wanted for nothing. One day the count of Oropesa sent an offering of game... The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles the Fifth - Page 36by sir William Stirling- Maxwell (9th bart.) - 1852 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1853 - 582 pages
...chestnuts the staple food of the people. But in a nrr few days the castle larder wanted for nothing. One &y the Count of Oropesa sent an offering of game ; another...day a pair of fat calves arrived from the Archbishop >t Zaragoza ; the Archbishop of Toledo and the Duchess <rf f rii- were constant and munificent in their... | |
| 1853 - 566 pages
...to him as presents. Mutton, pork, and game were the provisions most easily obtained at Xarandilla ; but they were dear. The bread was indifferent, and...Archbishop of Toledo and the Duchess of Frias were const<uit and magnificent in their gifts of venison, fruit, and preserves, and supplies of all kinds... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 pages
...to him as presents. Mutton, pork, and game were the provisions most easily obtained at Xarandilla ; en apply Its polished lips to your attentive ear,...lines beginning — "I have seen a curious child," Archbishopof Zaragoza. The Archbishop of Toledo and the Duchess of Friae were constant and magnificent... | |
| 1858 - 330 pages
...to him as presents. Mutton, pork, and game were the provisions most easily obtained at Xarandilla; but they were dear. The bread was indifferent, and...calves arrived from the archbishop of Zaragoza; the 80 CLOISTER LIFE OF CHARLES THE FIFTH. archbishop of Toledo and the duchess of Frias were constant... | |
| Peter Hood - 1871 - 446 pages
...to him as presents. Mutton, pork, and game were the provisions most easily obtained at Xarandilla ; but they were dear. The bread was indifferent, and...Oropesa sent an offering of game ; another day a pair * The count managed that they should reach Flanders in perfect condition by echandoles oien en la boca.... | |
| Elizabeth Peake - 1874 - 600 pages
...dainties of all kinds were sent to him as presents. Mutton, pork, and game soon filled the castlelarder. One day the Count of Oropesa sent an offering of game;...pair of fat calves arrived from the Archbishop of Saragossa; the Archbishop of Toledo and the Duchess of Frias were constant in their gifts of venison,... | |
| Peter Hood - 1879 - 518 pages
...to him as presents. Mutton, pork, and game were the provisions most easily obtained at Xarandilla ; but they were dear. The bread was indifferent, and...offering of game ; another day a pair of fat calves * The count managed that they should reach Flanders in perfect condition by echandoles oien en la boca.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1881 - 856 pages
...to him as presents. Mutton, pork, and game wen1 the p ovisions most easily obtained at Xarandilla; but they were dear. The bread was. indifferent, and nothing was good and nbunda&t hut chestnut" the staple food of the people. But in a very few days the castle larder wanted... | |
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